Sarcoidosis is a chronic systemic granulomatous disorder of unknown etiology. The precise mechanism by which granulomatous lesions form is still obscure. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the mos...
The alcohol treatment field has focused on promoting screening and brief intervention (SBI) in medically based settings, particularly primary care. In this Commentary, we consider the pot...
来源:《Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research》 2011 年 35卷 9期
Children of different racial/ethnic backgrounds have varying risks of cancer. However, to the authors' knowledge, few studies to date have examined cancer occurrence in children of mixed ...
The multifactor-dimensionality reduction (MDR) method has been widely used in multi-locus interaction analysis. It reduces dimensionality by partitioning the multi-locus genotypes into a ...
Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) M1 and T1 are known to be polymorphic in humans. Both polymorphisms are due to gene deletions which are responsible for the existence of null genotypes. ...
Work as a physician may be related to several occupational hazards. Only few studies have investigated the relations between work as a physician and the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes...
来源:《European journal of epidemiology》 2009 年 24卷 9期
A 29-year-old man suffering from dyspnea and eosinophilic pleural effusion after being on warfarin for pulmonary thromboembolism for a period of one month, was readmitted to our hospital....
It is unclear whether pandemic 2009 influenza A (pH1N1) infection caused more significant disease among hospitalized adults than seasonal influenza.A prospective, observational study was ...
来源:《The Journal of infectious diseases》 2011 年 203卷 12期
Serum total bilirubin (TB) is a potent antioxidant and may be a negative risk factor of cardiovascular disease. In non-diabetic adults, hemoglobin A(1c) (HbA(1c)), but not fasting plasma ...
来源:《Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society》 2011 年 75卷 1期
Areca nut (betel nut) consumption occurs in a variety of forms, either on its own or with the addition of a number of products. This habit is prevalent in the Indian Subcontinent and Sout...